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Overview
John Broad explores the rise and fall of the Verney family of Middle Claydon, Buckinghamshire, demonstrating the family's rise to wealth as motivated by a strong dynastic imperative. He reveals how the family managed its estates to maximize income and used its wealth to transform the Claydon villages and landscape, creating a pattern of "open" and "closed" parishes. Based on the formidable Verney family archive with its abundant correspondence, this book will appeal to anyone interested in the English countryside as a dynamic force in English social, economic and demographic history.
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- ISBN-13: 9780521041980
- ISBN-10: 0521041988
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Publish Date: September 2007
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.01 pounds
- Page Count: 312
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